Urban Knights II

Urban Knights II is an album by the Urban Knights which was issued in 1997 on GRP Records. The album reached No. 5 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums Chart.[4][5]

Urban Knights II
Studio album by
Urban Knights
ReleasedApril 8, 1997
Recorded1996
GenreJazz
Length49:50
LabelGRP
ProducerMaurice White
Urban Knights chronology
Urban Knights I
(1995)		 Urban Knights II
(1997)		 Urban Knights III
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[2]
Jazz Times(favourable)[3]

Track listing
  1. Scirroco (Meyers, White) – 4:03
  2. Get Up (Lewis, Lewis, Randolph) – 3:47
  3. Come Dance with Me (Boyd, Lewis, Randolph) – 4:01
  4. South African Jam (Butler) – 4:51
  5. Brazilian Rain (Emory, Pleasure) – 4:19
  6. Interlude #1 (Lewis) – 0:35
  7. Summer Nights (Meyers, Randolph, White) – 5:32
  8. Tell Me Why (Butler, Meyers, Williams) – 4:19
  9. Urban Paradise (Lewis, Lewis, Randolph) – 4:23
  10. Drama (Cornwell, Guillaume, Hawkins, Jones) – 3:47
  11. Step by Step (Lewis, Lewis, Randolph) – 4:01
  12. The Promise (Meyers, Vannelli, White) – 4:10
  13. Interlude #2 (Lewis) – 2:02
  14. Dawn (Randolph) – 4:38

Charts
Album
Chart (1997) Position
Billboard Heatseekers Albums 48
Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 5[5]

Personnel
  • Gerald Albright – soprano saxophone
  • Najee – flute, saxophone, soprano saxophone
  • Frayne Lewis – keyboards
  • Ramsey Lewis – piano, electric piano
  • Mike Logan – keyboards
  • Bill Meyers – synthesizer, backing vocals, Fender Rhodes
  • Jimi Randolph – synthesizer
  • Kevin Randolph – keyboards, synthesizer bass
  • Jonathan Butler – guitar, vocals, backing vocals
  • Sheldon Reynolds – guitar, backing vocals
  • Morris Pleasure – bass
  • Chuck Webb – bass
  • Verdine White – bass
  • Sonny Emory – drums
  • Tony Carpenter – percussion
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
  • Karen Boyd – backing vocals
  • Carl Carwell – backing vocals
  • Theresa Davis – backing vocals
  • Valerie Mayo – backing vocals
  • Maurice White – backing vocals

References
  1. "Urban Knights II". Allmusic.com.
  2. "Smooth Sale-ing Ahead in the Contemporary Arena". latimes.com.
  3. "Urban Knights: Urban Knights II". jazztimes.com. Jazz Times.
  4. Urban Knights: Urban Knights II. GRP Records. 1997.
  5. "Urban Knights: Urban Knights II (Top Contemporary Jazz Albums)". billboard.com. Billboard.
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